While you were enjoying your delicious donut, did you know that it is probably full of trans fatty acids? I'm pretty sure you didn't know! Common foods like fat-filled donuts and greasy crackers have been enjoyed for many years, but they may soon be completely erased from our lives as we know them now. The FDA is moving toward eliminating all foods that contain trans fats. The reason they are considering doing this is the health concerns caused by trans fats. I believe the FDA should ban trans fats because obesity has become a growing problem for our country, consuming large amounts of these fats can cause serious health problems such as heart disease, and many packaged foods abuse the use of hydrogenated oils in their products. The United States has become the poster child for obesity in our world. Many people attribute this problem to lack of exercise, but I believe that is not the only reason. Trans fats are a major factor when talking about the causes of obesity. The percentage of obese and overweight people in the United States is 69.2% of the total population, and many of them live on a diet high in trans fats. A test was carried out in 2007 where African green monkeys were fed fatty acids such as trans fats for six years. The effects were enormous weight gain and significant muscle loss. Furthermore, the monkeys accumulated a large amount of fat. People need to look at this evidence and see that the health of our country is going in the wrong direction. Trans fats can cause serious health problems. Others claim that trans fats don't cause as many health problems as saturated fats, but the evidence proves them wrong. There are four main categories of fats. The first two categories are the good fats, which include monounsaturated… middle of the paper… science has shown that if we do nothing to fix this problem, the overall health of our population will continue to worsen. deteriorate. We must put an end to this dangerous and harmful fat before it's too late! Works Cited Cheung, M. (2010, January 16). Food Safety News. Retrieved from Banning Trans Fats: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/01/banning-trans-fats-how-important-is-it/Hamburg, M. (2013, November 7). Removing trans fats. (E. Weise, interviewer)Kimball, M. (2013, November 11). Hydrogenated oils. (NOLA, interviewer)Magazine, H. (2013, November 14). Health. Retrieved from Margarine Sticks: http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20533295_5,00.htmlTate, K. (2013, November 7). Ben Swann. Retrieved from Government Power Grab: http://benswann.com/government-power-grab-fda-to-ban-trans-fats/Taylor, M. (2013, November 7). FDA. (B. Swann, interviewer)